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The gecko's foot : bio-inspiration : engineering new materials from nature

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The gecko's foot : bio-inspiration : engineering new materials from nature

by
Forbes, Peter, 1947-

Publication date
Topics
Technological innovations, Nature
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Co.
Collection
inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; delawarecountydistrictlibrary; china; americana
Digitizing sponsor
Internet Archive
Contributor
Internet Archive
Language
English
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-261) and index

"First published in Great Britain in 2005 by Fourth Estate"--T.p. verso

An analysis of the unlikely relationship between nature and scientific design reveals how such innovations as Velcro, solar panels, and self-cleaning surfaces were created to mimic intricate mechanisms found in the natural world
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Addeddate
2010-11-02 16:51:06
Bookplateleaf
0006
Boxid
IA132403
Boxid_2
CH113201
Camera
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
City
New York
Curatenote
shipped
Donor
bostonpubliclibrary
Edition
1st American ed.
External-identifier
urn:oclc:record:1033638788[WorldCat (this item)]
urn:lcp:geckosfootbioins00forb:lcpdf:68eefd37-ceca-4ff3-abfb-c44efeea2f14
urn:lcp:geckosfootbioins00forb:epub:5dd9dc70-d9c5-47a0-b158-fa383fe0b50c
Extramarc
University of Michigan
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